Student News

11th Biennial Fields of Conflict Conference Hosted Online

Last week, from May 7-8, 2022, the Fields of Conflict Conference took place virtually, co-organized by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Barcelona. This year, the event’s featured topics included prehistoric conflict, battlefield tourism, and landscapes of conflict…. Read More

UWM Plans Big Presence at Upcoming SAA Annual Meetings in Chicago

        By Aislinn Sanders UWM Researchers are planning a big presence at this year’s 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA). The meeting is the largest in the country and will take place in… Read More

UWM Anthropology Field School Featured in latest UWM Report

Anthropology field school teaches students how to unearth the past For more information about this summer’s field school follow the link to the school’s blog! https://uwm.edu/archaeology-laboratory/research/archaeology-field-school/

Reimagining Leadership Through Games

Thursday, November 11 2021 6:30 PM

Honors House

As part of the Honors College’s efforts to make the HC a more radically welcoming and equitable space, the Equity Team and the Digital Cultures Collaboratory are hosting a game night designed to foster deeper conversations about the nature and practice of leadership and the exercise of power.

Rather than simply reproducing traditional conceptions of leadership that often involve hierarchical, top-down power structures, we seek to question those old models in order to reimagine something new and more just. We will experiment with these ideas in practice by playing a tabletop, role-playing game (The Quiet Year) designed to foster these important discussions and build these skills.

The face-to-face version of this event will take place on the evening of Nov. 11 in Honors House (beginning at 6:30 p.m.) The online version will take place on the evening of Nov. 12. There are a limited number of seats available and only open to students in the Honors College. Priority registration for BIPOC and first-gen students through Oct. 23rd. Future events will be open for non-honors students, so stay tuned!

Check out the Zoom info session for more information!

https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/rec/share/n1A1LmfB7q-e15oLalY01m1W1D6dhqG6yIj5ZLozDiO_TJh4snBwMLVaHbqgzFfo.5uWk_3OwR-m7p3W7?startTime=1634051278000

Or register here: https://forms.office.com/r/TSXhsG8n66

Congratulations to Aislinn Sanders, Recipient of 2021 Ritzenthaler Award

2021 Ritzenthaler Museum Research Internship Award

New Web Series: Student Spotlight now available!

    The UWM Department of Anthropology has a brand new web series, Student Spotlight. Student Spotlight is a web series where we ask students about their experiences at UWM and abroad. Episodes focus on an individual or a group… Read More

Follow the Progress of Our Field School on Our New Blog!

Follow the link below to follow the 2021 UWM Archaeological Field School with weekly updates and photos of their work and artifacts! UWM Field School Discovers Large Pit Features & Post Holes Despite Rain in Week 5

PhD Candidate Michelle LaBerge Wins First Prize for Dissertation Research

Anthropology PhD candidate Michelle LaBerge has won first prize for a poster on her PhD thesis research at the Iron Age Research Student Symposium, an annual event held in the UK that provides postgraduate researchers with the opportunity to present… Read More

Museum Studies Program Receives Spotlight in Latest Issue of InFocus

Click on the link below to access the latest InFocus article featuring a story about UWM Anthropology’s relationship with the Milwaukee Public Museum.

Ashley Brennaman wins Lambda Alpha Graduate Research Grant Award

Congratulations to the doctoral student Ashley Brennaman for winning the Lambda Alpha Graduate Research Grant Award! Sponsored by Lambda Alpha — the national honor society for anthropology — this award is one of only six given nationwide each year. Ashley’s… Read More